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Daughter and I took a boat tour to Rose Island, off the coast of Newport yesterday. The tour combined a trip to the Rose Island lighthouse with seal watching. The tour is run jointly by Save the Bay, which promotes awareness of Narragansett Bay ecology, and the Rose Island Lighthouse foundation, which restored and maintains [...]

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Perhaps it’s the unseasonably warm weather that prompted Son to draw this Christmas picture. That’s Daughter on the left and Son on the right, eating an ice cream cone which is dripping onto the ground.

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Best wishes for a joyous holiday season, from everybody in our house.

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These three photos won awards in this month’s local camera club contests. I guess that makes me, finally, an award-winning photographer. I didn’t actually win anything other than a little ribbon (which I didn’t receive yet) and, I suppose, the esteem of my fellow club members. But hey, winning is always good.
Left: Conimicut Light, First [...]

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If you haven’t checked out my blog in a while, welcome! This is a general “about me” blog divided into categories. For the most part it’s a chronicle of stuff going on in my life and with my family, often accompanied by my photos or the childrens’ artwork. I also use the blog to track [...]

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In my review of “Areas of My Expertise,” I found the book unreadable but suggested that the audio version might well be delightful. Well, the audiobook is now available as a free iTunes download, no doubt for a limited time.

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This morning Daughter was recognized for her “all-A’s” report card. She’s still an enthusiastic reader, although one might say a choosy one.

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My employer has chosen me as one of about twenty people to be recognized for excellence in 2006 (scroll to the service category). I enjoy my job, and it’s very gratifying to be recognized.

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